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“I have to say that green is the only color I understand,” explained Mr. Cuaron. “I can really frame it; I know how to work with it. I see other colors, and they feel alien. I cannot give you a rational explanation why.”
ALittlePrincess (1995) dir. Alfonso Cuaron
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964), Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006).
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Roma ~ Alfonso Cuarón
Hopeless romantics.
Love in the Time of Hysteria (Sólo con tu pareja, 1991), is a film by the masterful Alfonso Cuaron. It is his first full length feature film and shows off his cinematic prowess without a high production budget. It serves as a cautionary tale with a sense of hilarity.
Tomas is an ad-man struggling to find a slogan befitting a can of jalapenos, between his work and figuring out ways to get out of work he squeezes in his personal life which is occupied by his insatiable need to satisfy his sexual urges. One day he hooks up with two women in the same night and gets caught. As payback one of the women pulls a nasty prank on him that leads Tomas to believe he has AIDS.
This film does a great job showing the incredible struggles of finding love. It shows a stark comparison between Tomas and his best friend Mateo—Tomas sleeps around and is by relative definition a good looking male whereas his friend Mateo is overweight but is successful as a doctor and is happily married. A delicate balance is established in the film for the audiences to easily tell the two apart. For Tomas takes the act of making love for granted as he unknowingly has sex with numerous partners but finds no meaning in what he does whereas Mateo and his wife Teresa look down on Tomas for they feel like he takes the best parts of being in love for granted, as Teresa constantly scorns Tomas for his ways.
Upon learning of his condition Tomas goes through many ranges of confused emotions as he even creates a manifest of all the women he has slept with and figures out that this is not him, and that all this time he was doing this to fill a void in his life; he ultimately decides to commit suicide, but is often sidetracked by his own cowardice to do so.
The film displays how many view relationships as something that is more of an imprisonment rather than a gift. It takes the protagonist through a grueling self realization process as he is tortured by the thought that he will one day suffer a slow and painful death; teaching the audience that love is not something that is to be taken light heartedly nor is it achieved through simple means and therefore should not be given out like candy.
Another thing to note once again are the fantastical, yet simple set pieces Cuaron uses to tell his story. There is a lot to look at for he frames his shots with focus being his primary initiative, for the audience is forced to use the elements of his cinematography to also figure out what is going on and what the character is thinking.
Not the best in terms of story, but Cuaron’s artistic prowess keeps the audiences’ attention transfixed on an otherwise “stale-ish” story.
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-DK
Perseverance it’s what keeps you going.
Gravity is a film directed by Alfonso Cuaron, a rare director that is able to take virtually any story handed to him and have it be told through beautiful cinematic sequences. From A Little Princess to Children of Men, his vision for movies is unparalleled and always plummets its audience deep into his film’s story.
A team of astronauts from NASA are sent into space to fix the orbiting Hubble telescope. During their mission another orbiting satellite is destroyed and its remnants now space debris. The debris is rapidly hurdling itself toward the team of NASA astronauts and inevitably makes contact with them, destroying their ship and leaving two astronauts stranded right outside Earth’s atmosphere.
When watching Gravity, and its plot develop, the audience not only is impressed by the amazing visuals in the film, but also by the emotional depth it carries. Sandra Bullock carries the entire film on her back as she goes from the disparate astronaut of whom essentially is in space to do a job and is all “business,” unlike George Clooney, who is often cracking jokes and telling stories while doing his spacewalk. It is in the small moments of dialogue between Bullock and Clooney do we get to realize what each character is about; and the different reasons they have in partaking in a remarkable experience of going to space.
Bullock is disjointed and wandering life with no destination, which makes space the perfect place for her; her character suffered through a tragedy in which her daughter’s life was taken from her due to a freak accident, and it left Bullock questioning the meaning of her existence; with work being the only reason for her existence.
She uses the opportunity that she has with Clooney to talk to him about her problems; turning space into her proverbial chaise lounge in a psychiatrist’s office. It is in these intimate moments that the audience can realize, that there are moments in life that will drag us down, but it’s how we overcome our obstacles and what we take away from the life lesson, is what shapes our future.
In the beginning Bullock’s character goes into space where the lack of gravity is symbolism for her not wanting to face the weight of her issues, but ironically enough it is her issues that help her realize her true strength and helps guide her through her predicament.
Cuaron majestically captures Bullock in the most beautiful ways as her dainty but fit body whimsically floats around in zero gravity, and her emotional depth drives the film past being just a visual spectacle. The moral of the film is simplified due to the simple nature of space and its representation of nothing and everything; the point here is to always persevere against all odds.
This is hands down the single greatest cinematic experience I’ve had in the better part of the last 3 years. Cuaron restores my faith in modern cinema with this gem. This entire film is one long breathtaking visual feat, packed with uncompromising suspense and reminds us that the problems we face on a daily basis is nothing compared to the grand scheme of life.
4/4
-DK
Well, the 2018 Golden Globes have been awarded and the first shot of awards season has been fired! Let’s see what the chances are that last night’s winners will take home the Oscar in a few weeks.
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ROMA (2018, Alfonso Cuaron)
91st ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINEES
- BEST PICTURE – Green Book
- BEST DIRECTOR – Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- BEST ACTOR – Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
- BEST ACTRESS – Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Green Book – Written by Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – BlacKkKlansman – Screenplay by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee; based on the book by Ron Stallworth
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Roma – Alfonso Cuarón – Mexico
- BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
- BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
- BEST EDITING – Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman
- BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Black Panther – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter
- BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING – Vice – Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – First Man – Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson
- BEST ORIGINAL SONG - “Shallow” from A Star Is Born – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
- BEST SOUND EDITING – Bohemian Rhapsody – John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
- BEST SOUND MIXING – Bohemian Rhapsody – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
- BEST DOCUMENTARY – SHORT – Period. End of Sentence. – Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton
- BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM – Skin – Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman
- BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM – Bao – Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
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THE 24th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
MOVIES
- BEST PICTURE – Roma
- BEST DIRECTOR – Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- BEST ACTOR – Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
- BEST ACTRESS – Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman / Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
- BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS – Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
- BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – The Favourite
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Paul Schrader – First Reformed
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart – Black Panther
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther
- BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP – Vice
- BEST EDITING – Tom Cross – First Man
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – Black Panther
- BEST SONG - “Shallow” – A Star Is Born
- BEST SCORE – Justin Hurwitz – First Man
- BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Roma • Mexico
- BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE –A Quiet Place
- BEST ACTION MOVIE – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
- BEST COMEDY – Crazy Rich Asians
- BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY – Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
- BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY –Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
TELEVISION
- BEST COMEDY SERIES – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
- BEST DRAMA SERIES – The Americans (FX)
- BEST LIMITED SERIES – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
- BEST TV MOVIE – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
- BEST ANIMATED SERIES – BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
- BEST ACTOR – COMEDY – Bill Hader – Barry as Barry Berkman / Barry Block
- BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY – Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam “Midge” Maisel
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY – Henry Winkler – Barry as Gene Cousineau
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY – Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson
- BEST ACTOR – DRAMA – Matthew Rhys – The Americans as Philip Jennings
- BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA – Sandra Oh – Killing Eve as Eve Polastri
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA – Noah Emmerich – The Americans as Stan Beeman
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –DRAMA – Thandie Newton – Westworld as Maeve Millay
- BEST ACTOR – MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES – Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story as Andrew Cunanan
- BEST ACTRESS – MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES – Amy Adams – Sharp Objects as Camille Preaker / Patricia Arquette – Escape at Dannemora as Tilly Mitchell
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES – Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal as Norman Josiffe
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES – Patricia Clarkson – Sharp Objects as Adora Crellin
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THE 24th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- The Favourite
- First Man
- Green Book
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
- Vice
BEST DIRECTOR
- Damien Chazelle – First Man
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- Peter Farrelly – Green Book
- Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
- Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
- Adam McKay – Vice
BEST ACTOR
- Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine
- Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate as Vincent van Gogh
- Ryan Gosling – First Man as Neil Armstrong
- Ethan Hawke – First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller
- Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
- Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga
BEST ACTRESS
- Yalitza Aparicio – Roma as Cleodegaria “Cleo” Gutiérrez
- Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns as Mary Poppins
- Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman
- Toni Collette – Hereditary as Annie Graham
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
- Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
- Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
- Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff
- Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Flip Zimmerman
- Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
- Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik “Killmonger” Stevens
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams – Vice as Lynne Cheney
- Claire Foy – First Man as Janet Shearon Armstrong
- Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased as Nancy Eamons
- Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
- Emma Stone – The Favourite as Abigail Hill
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
- Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace as Tom
- Ed Oxenbould – Wildlife as Joe Brinson
- Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place as Regan Abbott
- Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give as Starr Carter
- Sunny Suljic – Mid90s as Stevie
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
- Black Panther
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Favourite
- Vice
- Widows
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
- Adam McKay – Vice
- Paul Schrader – First Reformed
- Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly – Green Book
- Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski – A Quiet Place
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
- Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters – A Star Is Born
- Josh Singer – First Man
- Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born
- Rachel Morrison – Black Panther
- Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
- Linus Sandgren – First Man
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart – Black Panther
- Eugenio Caballero and Barbara Enriquez – Roma
- Nelson Coates and Andrew Baseman – Crazy Rich Asians
- Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton – The Favourite
- Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas – First Man
- John Myhre and Gordon Sim – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
- Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther
- Julian Day – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Sandy Powell – The Favourite
- Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Suspiria
- Vice
BEST EDITING
- Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
- Hank Corwin – Vice
- Tom Cross – First Man
- Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite
- Joe Walker – Widows
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Black Panther
- First Man
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout
- Ready Player One
BEST SONG
- “All the Stars” – Black Panther
- “Girl in the Movies” – Dumplin’
- “I’ll Fight” – RBG
- “The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
- “Shallow” – A Star Is Born
- “Trip a Little Light Fantastic” – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST SCORE
- Kris Bowers – Green Book
- Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Alexandre Desplat – Isle of Dogs
- Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
- Justin Hurwitz – First Man
- Marc Shaiman – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- The Grinch
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Mirai
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Burning • South Korea
- Capernaum • Lebanon
- Cold War • Poland
- Roma • Mexico
- Shoplifters • Japan
BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
- Annihilation
- Halloween
- Hereditary
- A Quiet Place
- Suspiria
BEST ACTION MOVIE
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Black Panther
- Deadpool 2
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout
- Ready Player One
- Widows
BEST COMEDY
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Deadpool 2
- The Death of Stalin
- The Favourite
- Game Night
- Sorry to Bother You
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
- Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
- Jason Bateman – Game Night as Max Davis
- Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga
- John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie as Oliver “Ollie” Hardy
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool 2 as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
- Lakeith Stanfield – Sorry to Bother You as Cassius “Cash” Green
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
- Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns as Mary Poppins
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
- Rachel McAdams – Game Night as Annie Davis
- Charlize Theron – Tully as Marlo Moreau
- Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians as Rachel Chu
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GOLDEN GLOBES 2019 - WINNERS
FILM
- BEST PICTURE – DRAMA – Bohemian Rhapsody
- BEST PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL – Green Book
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA – Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA – Glenn Close – The Wife
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL – Christian Bale – Vice
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL – Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE – Mahershala Ali – Green Book
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE – Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
- BEST ANIMATED FILM – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE – Alfonso Cuarón - Roma
- BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE – Brian Hayes, Peter Farrelly & Nick Vallelonga – Green Book
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE – First Man – Justin Hurwitz
- BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE – “Shallow” – A Star Is Born
- BEST MOTION PICTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE – Roma
TELEVISION
- BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA – The Americans
- BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY – The Kominsky Method
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA – Jason Madden - Bodyguard
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA – Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY – Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY - Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION – American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION – Darren Criss – American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION – Patricia Arquette – Escape at Dannemora
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION – Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION – Patricia Clarkson – Sharp Objects
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